Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering ...

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled H5, ...

Since first being detected in Newfoundland in 2021, a subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI A(H5Nx), has had a dramatic impact on North America. The problem has been worse in the United ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — State agencies are on high alert after a sick duck was found on the UH Manoa campus, and preliminary testing revealed an unconfirmed result of H5 subtype of Avian Influenza – more ...

Although bird flu infections in humans remain rare, this case marks a significant development in flu surveillance in the U.S.

The first human case of H5N5 avian flu appears to be an isolated case and is unlikely to spark wider transmission, Taiwanese experts said this week, after the US earlier this month reported a person ...

Moderna has interim data it says support advancing its avian influenza vaccine into a late-stage clinical trial, but the U.S. government has canceled the federal contract that would have financed it, ...